Comparisons
Van Gogh and Gauguin: The Friendship That Exploded
Nine weeks in a small yellow house in Arles, and the night it ended — plus how two painters who worked side by side made such completely different pictures.
Comparisons
Comparisons
Impressionism vs Post-Impressionism
Impressionism recorded what the eye saw. Post-Impressionism kept the color and put structure, feeling and symbol back in. Here is where the line falls.
Comparisons
Monet vs Manet: What’s the Difference?
Two different painters, eight years apart, who knew each other and were confused with each other from the day they met — here is how to tell them apart.
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Baroque vs Rococo
Baroque persuades you; Rococo entertains you. The dates, the palettes, the patrons and the six-second test for telling the two apart.
Comparisons
Art Deco vs Art Nouveau
One curves and one doesn’t. The full difference between the two styles either side of the First World War — motifs, colors, dates and how to date a piece.